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THEY CALLED THE SHOTS
Action Directors from Late Silents to the Late 60s
by Francis M. Nevins
Back in the 1950s you probably didn’t think that much about the men who made the thrilling serials and B-movies that made every Saturday morning at the local theater the best day of the week. But Francis M. Nevins did. He became an old movie nut, and watched practically every B-movie and Republic serial available on film and videotape. Then, as an Edgar-winning mystery writer he met many of the men who directed the black & white thrillers and cliffhangers that we still love so much, and has chronicled 37 of his favorite directors and their films.
Here is the Table of Contents from this book that every B-movie fan must have for their reference library.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION i
I. THE GREATEST
1. WILLIAM WITNEY
II. THE TITANS
2. SPENCER GORDON BENNET
3. ROBERT N. BRADBURY
4. YAKIMA CANUTT
5. THOMAS CARR
6. B. REEVES EASON
7. JOHN ENGLISH
8. JOSEPH H. LEWIS
9. LESLEY SELANDER
10. GEORGE SHERMAN
III. THE RELIABLES
11. GEORGE ARCHAINBAUD
12. FORD BEEBE
13. WILLIAM BERKE
14. HOWARD BRETHERTON
15. ELMER CLIFTON
16. LEWIS D. COLLINS
17. AL HERMAN
18. LAMBERT HILLYER
19. DAVID HOWARD
20. ALAN JAMES
21. JOSEPH KANE
22. LEW LANDERS
23. FRANK MCDONALD
24. RAY NAZARRO
25. R.G. SPRINGSTEEN
26. RAY TAYLOR
27. NATE WATT
28. MACK V. WRIGHT
IV. THE POSSE
29. DERWIN ABRAHAMS
30. OLIVER DRAKE
31. WALLACE W. FOX
32. HARRY FRASER
33. D. ROSS LEDERMAN
34. S. ROY LUBY
35. SAM NEWFIELD
36. REPUBLIC POTPOURRI
37. ROBERT EMMETT TANSEY
PICTURES
INDEX
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